Bradley's Barn
by The Beau Brummels
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Bradley's Barn is ranked 2nd best out of 10 albums by The Beau Brummels on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Beau Brummels is Triangle which is ranked number 7488 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 172.
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Bradley's Barn track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bradley's Barn rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  O.T. | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 46/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 19/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Jorbaa | My old top 100 | 61/100 | - |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 65 Music Albums of 1968 | 49/65 | 1 |
| 2026 | Jorbaa | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 20/100 | 80 |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 99/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | MaxStorm98 | Top 58 Music Albums of 1968 | 58/58 | 0 |
| 2025 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 40/100 | 12 |
| 2025 | WayneMC | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 27/100 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 33 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 167 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/02/2026 15:27 |  EyeKanFly | 8,985 | 65/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2024 03:22 | baystateoftheart | 2,890 | 72/100 |
| ! | 07/11/2024 01:54 |  travelful | 3,853 | 72/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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Bradley´s Barn was the last album that Beau Brummels released before their first split up around 1968. ( They reformed in 1975 to another album ). At this point only two ( of the original five ) members were left. Musically they had changed considerably since their early albums and singles released on the Autumn label. They had a handful of Beatles inspired hit-singles during 1964-65. Their majority of their material was written by lead-guitarist Ron Elliot. Elliot along with lead singer Sal Valentino are the solo survivors from the original line-up and they are supported here by experienced Nashville studio-musicians like Jerry Reed and Kenneth Buttrey. Bassist Ron Meagher was drafted to the army before its completion. The title of the album refers to the famed Nashville studio named after legendary producer Owen Bradley.
It´s no surprise that there is a lot of country influence on the album, but it is by no means a traditional country-album. Along with the Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Buffalo Springfield and the Monkees ( Mike Nesmith ) this album documents that the Beau Brummels were also among the the pioneers who created the the musical style later referred to as country-rock. In fact the best tracks on this album like “Turn Around”, “Deep Water” and “Love Can Fall a Long Way Down” sound a lot of Mike Nesmith´s great Monkees songs from “Headquarters” and “Pisces, Aquarious”.
Compared to their previous dull string-laden album “Triangle” this album was an inspired step back forward so really a shame that the first chapter of Beau Brummels history ended here.
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